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Neritina pulligera

Neritina pulligera
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neritina
Species:	N. pulligera
Binomial name
Neritina pulligera (Linnaeus, 1767)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Nerita bruguierei Récluz, 1841 Nerita pulligera Linnaeus, 1767 Neritina (Neritina) pulligera (Linnaeus, 1767) (superseded combination) Neritina bruguierei [Récluz, 1841 Neritina bruguieri G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 (junior synonym of Nerita bruguierei Récluz, 1841) Neritina cirrata Philippi, 1845 (junior synonym) Neritina rara Dufo, 1840

Neritina pulligera, common name the dusky nerite, is a speciesoffreshwater snail,^[4][5]agastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.^[6]

Neritina pulligera is the type species of the genus Neritina.^[4]

There are two subspecies:

• Neritina pulligera knorii^[1]
• Neritina pulligera stumpfi^[1]

The length of the shell 23 mm.^[4]

Distribution includes:

• Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)^[1]
• lands in Pacific Ocean: Comoros, Fiji, Guam, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands (Santa Cruz Is., South Solomons), Vanuatu^[1]
• South-East Asia:
  • Indonesia (Bali, Irian Jaya, Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatera)^[1]
  • Malaysia^[1]
  • Thailand^[1]
  • Philippines^[1]
• India (Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands)^[1][5]
• lands in Indian Ocean: Mauritius (Mauritius main island, Rodrigues), Réunion, Seychelles^[1]
• Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal), Mozambique, Madagascar^[1]
• and in the Pacific Ocean along Okinawa.^{[citation needed]}

It is a Near Threatened species in Africa.^[1]

The type locality is "in Indiæ fluviis".^[2]

Neritina pulligera lives in fast-flowing freshwater streams and in rivers.^[1] It is found on rocky substrates.^[1]

Population density of Neritina pulligera is 2-7 snails per m²inCaroline Islands.^[1]

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• Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1973). Sur les Mollusques Fluviatiles de Madagascar. Malacologia. 12: 339-378
• Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
• Haynes A. (2005). "An evaluation of members of the genera Clithon Montfort, 1810 and Neritina Lamarck 1816 (Gastropoda: Neritidae)". Molluscan Research 25(2): 75–84.
• Abdou, A.; Galzin, R.; Lord, C.; Denis, G. P. J. & Keith, P. (2017). Revision of the species complex 'Neritina pulligera' (Gastropoda, Cycloneritimorpha: Neritidae) using taxonomy and barcoding. Vie et Milieu. 67 (3-4): 149-161

• Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. Holmiae
• Récluz, C. A. (1841). Description de quelques nouvelles espèces de Nérites vivantes. Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne. 1841
• Philippi, (R.) A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 11: 50-71
• Sowerby, G. B., II. (1849). Monograph of the genus Neritina. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (10): 507-546, pls. 109–116. London, privately published
• "Neritina pulligera pulligera". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 January 2011.

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